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To celebrate the beginning of our third year, we released a shiny new website for the Magazine earlier this month that includes a searchable article index, user manuals, and a separate Spanish version. Everyone on the staff works very hard to produce the best issue possible each month, and we are proud to say that we have a consistent readership of 10,000 ODROIDians and growing.

List of Issues

25th Issue2016 January

24th Issue2015 December

23rd Issue2015 November

22nd Issue2015 October

21st Issue2015 September

20th Issue2015 August

19th Issue2015 July

18th Issue2015 June

17th Issue2015 May

16th Issue2015 April

15th Issue2015 March

14th Issue2015 February

13th Issue2015 January

12th Issue2014 December

11th Issue2014 November

10th Issue2014 October

9th Issue2014 September

8th Issue2014 August

7th Issue2014 July

6th Issue2014 June

5th Issue2014 May

4th Issue2014 April

3rd Issue2014 March

2nd Issue2014 February

1st Issue2014 January

ODROID Magazine is a free monthly PDF e-zine available for download at http://magazine.odroid.com as a service to the open-source world-wide ODROID and ARM communities. This cutting-edge online publication brings you the latest ODROID news, as well as featured articles from the expert community that has grown around the amazing ODROID family of micro-powerhouse computers. Intended for all levels of users, ODROID Magazine offers definitive guides for new owners, with easy-to-follow tutorials on setting up your ODROID, installing operating systems and software, troubleshooting common issues, and playing both modern and classic games. For more experienced users, we feature expert tips, programming examples, DIY projects, and other advanced technical topics on exploring new ways of making your ODROID even more versatile. ODROID Magazine is an ideal opportunity for our growing international community to come together to share and contribute articles, so that everyone can be successful with their ODROID. Community members are encouraged to send their submissions and article ideas to odroidmagazine (at) gmail.com. Published authors are eligible for free monthly gift awards from the Hardkernel store at http://www.hardkernel.com. Article guidelines are posted at http://bit.ly/1ypImXs.

Rob Roy : Editor-In-Chief

"All of the contributors constantly amaze us with their innovations, and some of the highlights from the last two years include a soccer-playing robot, electronic grape synthesizer, a fully automated Pixar lamp with a sassy personality, a Wall-E clone, and an inexpensive yet powerful quad-copter drone. Our regular columnists like Tobias, Venkat and Nanik write fantastic in-depth tutorials and reviews that help our readers find new ways to work with and enjoy their ODROIDs. We always feature more than a few games in each issue as well, since ODROIDs can emulate so many different platforms. My favorites include the wonderful DOS-based games from our childhood, along with modern Android games like Clash of Clans, Beach Buggy Racing, Hearthstone and Five Nights at Freddy's. We look forward to continuing to produce the best magazine that we can, and are expanding our staff this year with a few more assistant editors. I hope that the ODROID community continues to send us great and fascinating articles, since the community is what really makes our publication thrive."

Bruno Doiche : Senior Art Editor

"ODROID Magazine is more than a project in that some months we toil hard. It is extremely humbling to work side by side with so many talented folks, and to see the power of a community that keeps building its knowledge using the ODROIDs for different reasons, such as gaming, server, hacking, and robotics. I think that we all have the brightest future ahead of us, and what is even better, having endless fun!"

Manuel Adamuz : Spanish Editor

"ODROID magazine is awesome. I have learned to do many things from reading it, such as flashing images, installing and updating the OS, installing and playing games and emulators, and much more. One thing that I love about ODROID magazine is that it has articles for all levels. No matter if you're a beginner or an expert in Linux, It has something for everyone. I hope that people keep writing articles that are so good and extensive, although that means that I have more work as a Spanish translator :) Happy anniversary!"

Nicole Scott : Art Editor

"Cheers to the third year ODROID Magazine! So much has happened in such a short time. I'm continually impressed with all the developments in ARM technology in both hardware and software. Working on the magazine is both fun and rewarding, as well as a great conversation starter. Having learned so much with each issue, I look forward to seeing what the ODROID inventors, developers, and computer science enthusiasts come up with next!"

James LeFevour : Art Editor

"It's amazing how much expertise and geeky knowledge gets poured into this magazine every month. I am blown away by how much there is to learn about ODROIDs, and especially how much enthusiasm it promotes. I love being a part of this team!"

The C1+ HiFi Shield is a high-resolution Digital to Analog Converter(DAC) for the ODROID-C1+. This is a special sound card for the C1+, that is optimized for the best fidelity audio playback quality. It delivers a nicely balanced sound, solid, deep, wide and nicely layered.

We've analysed the the audio quality of the HiFi Shield DAC output with the famous industry standard equipment, Audio Precision. The Audio Precision is a high performance audio analyser optimized for the digital audio product.

The analog output of the HiFi Shield is connected to the equipment and measurement data shows on the host PC.This picture shows a basic configuration of the set-up. Note that I disconnected the external amplifier when we measured the line-out audio quality.

The Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)

The Noise Level in dBm

The Frequency Response and RMS output level in dBV

The Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise Ratio (THD+N)

The FFT spectrum analyzer for 1Khz signal

This is a great idea if you want an audiophile set-up with ODROID-C1+. Enjoy a variable output connecting directly into a power amp or active speakers.

Exynos4412 platform has been the most loved products for the last 3 years. The ODROID-X was the first on 11th of July, 2012. And the family models of the ODROID-X2, U2 and U3 followed it. The ODROID-U3 was the latest model with Exynos4412 processor.

We have got the notice from Samsung that Exynos4412 will be discontinued soon. Because their SoC semiconductor production line is upgraded to the next generation like 28nm and 14nm. The Exynos4412 was made with the slightly old 32nm process. The more critical reason is that Samsung DRAM memory production has moved to the LP-DDR3/DDR4 technology while Exynos-4412 can use only the old LP-DDR2 memory which must to be pre-assembled on the SoC (Package-on-Package). So there is no way to keep buying the key component securely anymore to make the U3.

The ODROID-U3 was the most loved model by Hardkernel members. We have tried to keep this model even the price increases. The price of ODROID-U3 was $65.00 and we had to increase it to $69.00 this year due to material cost increase. But, we cannot make the ODROID-U3 even at higher price now. We are really sorry that we couldn't expect this situation earlier, and that caused any inconvenience who needs more U3 boards.

Now, the ODROID-XU4 will replace the position with the next generation processor, Exynos5422 Octa-core. The ODROID-XU4 has better performance and better connectivity with similar price range. We will make a long term plan with ODROID-XU4 supporting for a couple of years.

Time to enjoy the great Volumio audiophile music player on the ODROID-C1.

We have a 1.5 Ghz quad Core CPU, which on paper is faster than many competitors (not only the PI). I’m not able to say how those figures are actually a sensible improvement, as I just started looking at the Amlogic SOC ( which seems quite ubiquitous in embedded multimedia appliances).

But what makes it really interesting for Volumio based scenarios are the Gigabit Ethernet, the eMMC memory slot (sold separately) and the integrated IR receiver. Add that Hardkernel seems to have the widest range of accessories for their boards, and you get that we can consider the C1 one of the best candidates to power a Volumio system.

Talking about real-world performances: the Odroid C1 delivers one of the smoothest Volumio experiences. It boots faster, and loads faster than the high-specs comparable quad-core boards (UDOO, Cubox-i).More exciting news.

ODROID-C1+ is coming with a native I2S interface to support the HiFi DAC add-on boards. It will be available in the middle of August.Volumio 2 is coming with four exciting key words Speed, Modularity, High Fidelity and Future Proof.

For those of you with an ODROID-C1, grab the image from the DOWNLOADS page as usual, and drop your feedbacks on this thread !

Setup

Setting up your C1 as a Volumio music player is dead easy, and the project’s website has documentation to guide you though the steps.

On the C1+, 192Khz/24bit FLAC/WAV files in a NAS server could play back flawlessly thanks to the 1.5Ghz quad-core processor and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity of ODROID-C1. We could control the full features of Volumio with iPhone or Android smartphones. The Web UI does well on mobile.